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CVE-2005-2533: openvpn

CVSS: 2.1v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2533
Published 24-08-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2533 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in openvpn. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
9/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.68%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-851-1

Timeline

  1. 24-08-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenVPN before 2.0.1, when running in "dev tap" Ethernet bridging mode, allows remote authenticated clients to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a flood of packets with a large number of spoofed MAC addresses.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.68% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • openvpn< 2.0.2-1
Openvpn1 product
  • openvpn2.0 | 2.0.1_rc1 | 2.0.1_rc2 | 2.0.1_rc3 | 2.0.1_rc4 | 2.0.1_rc5 | 2.0.1_rc6 | 2.0.1_rc7 | 2.0_beta1 | 2.0_beta2 | 2.0_beta3 | 2.0_beta4 | 2.0_beta5 | 2.0_beta6 | 2.0_beta7 | 2.0_beta8 | 2.0_beta9 | 2.0_beta10 | 2.0_beta11 | 2.0_beta12 | 2.0_beta13 | 2.0_beta15 | 2.0_beta16 | 2.0_beta17 | 2.0_beta18 | 2.0_beta19 | 2.0_beta20 | 2.0_beta28 | 2.0_rc1 | 2.0_rc2 | 2.0_rc3 | 2.0_rc4 | 2.0_rc5 | 2.0_rc6 | 2.0_rc7 | 2.0_rc8 | 2.0_rc9 | 2.0_rc10 | 2.0_rc11 | 2.0_rc12 | 2.0_rc13 | 2.0_rc14 | 2.0_rc15 | 2.0_rc16 | 2.0_rc17 | 2.0_rc18 | 2.0_rc19 | 2.0_rc20 | 2.0_rc21 | 2.0_test1 | 2.0_test2 | 2.0_test3 | 2.0_test5 | 2.0_test6 | 2.0_test7 | 2.0_test8 | 2.0_test9 | 2.0_test10 | 2.0_test11 | 2.0_test12 | 2.0_test14 | 2.0_test15 | 2.0_test16 | 2.0_test17 | 2.0_test18 | 2.0_test19 | 2.0_test20 | 2.0_test21 | 2.0_test22 | 2.0_test23 | 2.0_test24 | 2.0_test26 | 2.0_test27 | 2.0_test29

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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